Marquette University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1988
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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    Beyond Self-Interest: A Personalist Approach to Human Action
    with Ricardo F. Crespo, Stephen J. Grabill, Kim Paffenroth, and Kyle Swan
    Lexington Books. 2001.
    Foundations of Economic Personalism is a series of three book-length monographs, each closely examining a significant dimension of the Center for Economic Personalism's unique synthesis of Christian personalism and free-economic market theory. In the aftermath of the momentous geo-political and economic changes of the late 1980s, a small group of Christian social ethicists began to converse with free-market economists over the morality of market activity. This interdisciplinary exchange eventual…Read more
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    Ethics: the art of character
    Wooden Books. 2018.
    ...Drawing primarily on the work of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato, ethicist Gregory Beabout contemplates the quest for courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, empathy, humility, and much more. Featuring additional chapters by Mike Hannis on medical ethics, workplace ethics, and environmental ethics..."--Dust jacket.
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    Meaning Seeking Animals, Enchantments, and Flourishing
    American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 95 (2): 309-320. 2021.
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    Two Cheers for Democracy from St. John Paul the Great
    with Daniel Carter
    Quaestiones Disputatae 9 (1): 79-101. 2018.
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    Handbook on Virtue Ethics in Business and Management (edited book)
    with Alejo José G. Sison and Ignacio Ferrero
    Springer. 2016.
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    Kierkegaard on the Self and Despair
    Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 62 (n/a): 106. 1988.
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    Abortion in Rape Cases
    Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 63 (n/a): 132. 1989.
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    Kierkegaard on the Self and Despair: An Interpretation of the Opening Passage of The Sickness Unto Death
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 62 106-115. 1988.
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    What Contemporary Virtue Ethics Might Learn from Aristotle’s Rhetoric
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 87 155-166. 2013.
    In this paper, I extend contemporary virtue ethics by pointing to a philosophical insight that emerges from Aristotle’s Rhetoric: technical mastery of a discipline or practice involves cultivating the virtue of practical wisdom. After reviewing features of Alasdair MacIntyre’s virtue ethics, I draw attention to specific virtues identified by MacIntyre while noting the relative absence of the virtue of practical wisdom in his discussion of social practices. I compare and contrast MacIntyre’s virt…Read more
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    Socially Responsible Investing
    with Kevin E. Schmiesing
    Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 6 (1): 63-99. 2003.
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    The concepts of anxiety and despair together are central to Kierkegaard's conception of the self. He discusses these concepts principally in two works, The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness Unto Death. Anxiety and despair each have a complex structure and are closely interrelated to one another. This thematic interconnection between anxiety and despair is doubled and made more difficult by the textual relationship between the two works and the fact that they have different pseudonymous "author…Read more
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    Sheds light on the meaning of human freedom by examining and making clear the relationship between the concepts of anxiety and despair in the writings of Soren Kierkegaard. Drawing on Kierkegaard's The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness Unto Death, the author provides detailed accounts on Kierkegaard's concepts of anxiety and despair, and discusses much secondary literature on these topics. What follows is an examination of Kierkegaardian feelings and moods, and freedom and individuality. Annot…Read more
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    What Contemporary Virtue Ethics Might Learn from Aristotle’s Rhetoric
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 87 155-166. 2013.
    In this paper, I extend contemporary virtue ethics by pointing to a philosophical insight that emerges from Aristotle’s Rhetoric: technical mastery of a discipline or practice involves cultivating the virtue of practical wisdom. After reviewing features of Alasdair MacIntyre’s virtue ethics, I draw attention to specific virtues identified by MacIntyre while noting the relative absence of the virtue of practical wisdom in his discussion of social practices. I compare and contrast MacIntyre’s virt…Read more
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    This innovative book is written in an accessible, compact style that sets forth and explains a sound framework for professional ethics that readers can quickly put into practice in analyzing and writing about cases. Through a series of moral conflicts, it aims at improving the skills of moral reasoning and achieving moral development
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    Kierkegaard Amidst the Catholic Tradition
    American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 87 (3): 521-540. 2013.
    To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard, I review in this essay the relationship between Kierkegaard and the Catholic tradition. First, I look back to consider both Kierkegaard’s encounter with Catholicism and the influence of his work upon Catholics. Second, I look around to consider some of the recent work on Kierkegaard and Catholicism, especially Jack Mulder’s recent book, Kierkegaard and the Catholic Tradition, and the many articles that examine Kierkegaard’s relatio…Read more
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    Although Alasdair MacIntyre has criticized both the market economy and applied ethics, his writing has generated significant discussion within the literature of business ethics and organizational studies. In this paper, I extend this conversation by proposing the use of MacIntyre’s account of the virtues to conceive of management as a domain-relative practice that requires and develops practical wisdom. I proceed in four steps. First, I explain MacIntyre’s account of the virtues in light of his …Read more
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    A Challenge to the "Solitary Self" Interpretation of Kierkegaard
    with Brad Frazier
    History of Philosophy Quarterly 17 (1). 2000.
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    Does Anxiety Explain Hereditary Sin?
    Faith and Philosophy 11 (1): 117-126. 1994.